Batman: Fear State - Alpha #1

Fear State (Reading Order) #10

by James Tynion IV, Riccardo Federici (Penciller, Inker), Chris Sotomayor (Colorist)

The event over a year in the making begins Fear State settles upon Gotham City, and no one is safe! Overwhelmed by the dual threat of the Scarecrow and Peacekeeper-01, Batman and his allies have been one step behind since the events of Infinite Frontier #0 and with the arrival of a mysterious anti-Oracle and the return of Poison Ivy, Batman might have more than he can handle!

Genres: Comics, Batman, Dc Comics, Comic Book

34 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 31, 2021

About the author

Prior to his first professional work, Tynion was a student of Scott Snyder's at Sarah Lawrence College. A few years later, he worked as for Vertigo as Fables editor Shelly Bond's intern. In late 2011, with DC deciding to give Batman (written by Snyder) a back up feature, Tynion was brought in by request of Snyder to script the back ups he had plotted. Tynion would later do the same with the Batman Annual #1, which was also co-plotted by Snyder. Beginning in September 2012, with DC's 0 issue month for the New 52, Tynion will be writing Talon, with art by Guillem March. In early 2013 it was announced that he'd take over writing duties for Red Hood and the Outlaws in April.

Tynion is also currently one of the writers in a rotating team in the weekly Batman Eternal series.

Reviews

[Khurram · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spreading the fear

Awesome start to the Fear State main story the setup had been shown before but now the main card begins.

This book starts with the consultation between Simon Saint and the Scarecrow. The the take over of the Magistrates, dispite Peacekeeper 01 being compromised. Oricle learn a lesson in misinformation. Harley is on a mission to find Ivy and help the refugees in her care, but this is not the whole Ivy. The war or Ally Town also begins.

A perfect recap/setup to a huge story. Is Gotham too far into the Fear State? Is the other side actually better? I can't wait yo find out.

[Gordon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Might be weird to say, as the art was nicely done, but the art (colours?) were really boring and made this a bit of a slog to read. Good art, just not fitting for this story (IMO)

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Scarecrow est recruté par un politicien de Gotham afin de révolutionner la ville. La méthode ? Diffuser la peur chez tous les citoyens, chacun pour soit et nouvelle ère pour tous.

Une bonne idée de base, un propos profondément politique très intéressant !

[Kerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gorgeous art by Federici. The story was decent. There needs to be more Batman and less of everybody else. And none of this fake black Batman they keep pushing is needed. This racist substitution of white males they keep trying to force is sinking DC. But given this ongoing social justice direction, I can’t see following the story beyond this issue. I also wish DC would return entirely to slick paper. The art simply loses something on anything else.

[Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This sets up where each main character (the actual page time of Batman is very limited) is at the beginning of Fear State before the event takes over their respective series. I liked it, very much in the continuity of the main Batman run. On the other hand there was no referrence to the events of the Detective Comics serie (no Ville, no Huntress, no Worth etc.) so I wonder how much Tamaki's story is really integrated (I found her run very slow and anti climatic at the end of the Ville arc...).

I think I will continue to read Batman and most of the ties-in.

[RubiGiráldez RubiGiráldez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me resulta bastante atractivo el arte de Federici en contraposición de los estilos más "normativos" de la mayoría de colecciones de Future States que he ojeado. ¿La historia? Pues todo lo concerniente a esta nueva etapa editorial me está llegando a cuenta gotas porque no doy para TODA la avalancha de títulos que sacan. El marco general creo captarlo, pero lo más importante es ver a Scarecrow (mi villano comiquero favorito) formando activamente de ello.

[powell sherrod · Rating 4 out of 5]

great introduction to this event! i’m obsessed with scarecrows costume and this will definitely be an interesting read. not a big fan of the art for some of the characters though. i also wish there was more batman in this story cause it quickly felt convoluted with characters, but that’s kinda expected in comics.

[Kastie Pavlik · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a decent primer if you haven't read the included titles, but I particularly enjoyed Ivy's part. Ever since the end of Heroes in Crisis, Ivy's been in limbo, her presence hinted at and teased, but never developed. I would love to see Fear State end with a battle between Ivy and Crane.

[Heath Fodor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fear State Begjns!

This is the beginning of the many, many title Fear State crossover. I am impressed with all of the characters and plotlines that James Tycoon III. However, it is confusing where Gotham City is at this point.

[alia · Rating 3 out of 5]

| "Who can save us now?"

2.5 stars. Art was decent and the story picked up near the end. I'll be finished with this soon 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 I wish I never started this boring run because now I have to finish it.

[Joey Amorim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why is this not included in the Fear State volume of Batman? One would think it’d be necessary. Whatever, something something Future State, everyone looks like a bad anime character now… let’s just get through this.

[Dimelo Maldo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh

[Roman Colombo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't been reading Batman, but I did read the Future State saga, and wanted to see where it all started. It's a good primer. I look forward to more but might wait for the trade.

[Pao Vargas · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5☆

“You’ve survived a fear state and it made you strong. Now all of Gotham City has the chance.”

[Root · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish this would turn into a movie

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simon Saint and Dr. Jonathan Crane cook up a scheme of epic proportions and Gotham will never be the same.

[Daniel Licona · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally something I can enjoy. You can really feel a genuine state of fear in the pages you're reading and imagining what's coming for Gotham and the vigilantes associated to the Bats.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting start with some pretty good art. (Didn't mean for that to rhyme.)